Why you, personally, should want a larger human population

Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population by nerdponx on Sunday February 25, 2024 @06:47AM (#39500023)

Also if people are starving or otherwise suffering, they probably aren't innovating.

We already have plenty of people. We have a lack of people with the means to live comfortably and invent stuff.

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Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population by dotancohen on Sunday February 25, 2024 @09:30AM (#39501092)

Is not necessity the mother of invention?

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Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population by Libcat99 on Sunday February 25, 2024 @09:59AM (#39501287)

At some point you also need resources. A lot of the invention necessity + nothing can lead to already exists.

You can "invent" a lever or pulley out of random objects that you already have. It may make your task easier, but it won't be world changing.

Necessity (read, pending starvation) may lead to a desperate search for Other People's Money to bring a concept to fruition, but it's not quite the same thing.

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Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population by pixl97 on Sunday February 25, 2024 @10:33AM (#39501576)

Then why are a huge portion of people that are attributed with inventing stuff from what would be middle to upper middle class of their times?

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Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population by AlexandrB on Sunday February 25, 2024 @10:33AM (#39501581)

It's also the mother of war.

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